Mail-bag fastener and label holder



April 7, 1931. H. F. ARMSTRONG MAIL BAG' FASTENER AND LABEL HOLDER Filed sept. le, 1929 l/VVENTOR Harry //-lrms/fon TOR/vn Patented Apr. 7, 193i HARRY FRANKLIN ARMSTRONG, F BRANDON, MANITOBA, CANADA MAIL-IBAG EASTENER AND LEtEL HOLDER Application filed September 16, 1929, Serial No. 392,984, and in Canada February 7, 1929.

This present invention relates to new and useful improvements in a mail bag fastener and label holder and has for its primary object the provision of a simple and eiiicient structure which will serve to remove er at least partially remove the label when opening the fastener. j

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a mail bag fastener and label holder ofthe character stated which may be readily adjusted on the mail bag closure cord and then closed to lock the same in adjusted position, after which the label is inserted in the fastener.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a mail bag fastener and label holder of the character stated which is constructed in such a manner that the rope clamping member also serves to raise and remove a portion of the label when moved to its inoperative position in opening the fastener to permit the latter to slide on the rope and thus allow opening of the mail bag.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a mail bag fastener and label holder of the character stated which is formed in such a manner that the rope gripping member is pivot-ed in the body of the fastener in such a manner that when in its operative position to grip the mail bag closure rope, it is also in position to permit insertion of the label in the body and when the rope gripping member is swung to its inoperative position, it raises and partially removes the label.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a mail bag fastener and label holder of the character stated which includes an elongated body in one open side of which the label is removably held with a portion thereof lextending over the rope gripping member so that when the latter is swung from its operative position to its inoperative position to release the rope and thus permit movement of the fastener on the rope, the label is raised and forced out at one end to partially7 remove the label.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a mail bag fastener and label holder of the character stated in which the rope is firmly gripped within the body and the fastener thus retained in adjusted position on the rope as long as the rope gripping member is left in its operative position.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a mail bag fastener and label holder fthe character stated which is of simple and inexpensive construction, composed of the minimum number of parts and highly eflieient in operation.

To the accomplishment of these and related objects as shall become apparent as the description proceeds my invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as shall be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended. t

The invention will be best understood and can be more clearly described, when reference is had to the drawings forming a part of this disclosure wherein lilie characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of the mail bag fastener and label holder, in use with the samelocked in adjusted position on the rope;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device as disclosed in Figure l, but showing the device with the label removed;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the device, taken substantially on the plane of line 3--3 of Figure 2, looking` in the direction indicated by the arrows and showing the label in position; and i Figure l is a view similar to Figure 3, showing the rope gripping member raised to its inoperative position and forcing outwardly the end of the label to partially remove the same.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, it will be noted that the body 6 of the device is of elongated form and hollow. The upper andlower walls 7 and 8 of the body 6 are provided respectively with openings 9 and 10 near their rear ends by cutting away portions thereof. It is also to be noted that the upper wall 7 is positioned inwardly of the upper edge of the body 6 and the latter is turned inwardlyV to provide inturned flanges 11 for holding in position the label 12l placed in the upper side, of the lbody 6,*owing to the flanges 11 extending over the edges of the llabel 12. forward end with a pair of spaced openings 13 through which the rope 111 entends as `well as through the registering openings l'pro'- vided at the rear end of the body 6, the looped portion 16 of the rope la, outwardly of the rear end of the body6 serving to limit outward or rearward movement of the device on the rope 14 and thus' prevent the device from being withdrawn from the rope 1st. The rope 14 also has one portion extending through the upturned fportion 17 of the rope gripping member 18,V within the body 6 and near the` rear endthe'reofn Thus, this section or portion of the ro 3e 111 is raisedand extended over the rope gripping member throughout substantially the entire length of the latter land over the corrugated gripping end 19 thereof, V,wh-ile the other portion or section of the ro` e141 entends loosel throuoh the body 6 and is engaged only by the transversely corrugated gripping end 19 `of the ember 18 and thus pressed together with the irst mentioned portion or section of the rope l111, between the gripping end. 19 of the member 18 and the'inner face of the body upper wall 7,when the member 18 is in operative position to loclr the device against movement on the rope. 14. The member 18 is fulcrumed on the fulcrum Ypin 2O which extends transversely through the vforward portion of the member 18 and through the lower part'of the body 6, intermediate the `ends thereof. The fulcrum pin 2O is thus located just lrearwardly ofthe main portion of the :upper wall 7 and Yjust forwardly of the yrear end of the nain portion ofthe bottom wall 18 ofthe body 6. The rear'upper end vof the member 18 is enlarged and flattened to provide a wide flat handle 21 extendingacross the rear end of the body 6v with its side portions 22 turnedA down for engagement over the sidesof the body 6 when the member 18 is in its normal or operative position. The label 12 will lie flat in the upper side of t-he body 6 with .its

rear end extending substantially to 'the--outA wardly curved portion of the member 18' and over the' main portion for the ylatter and the rope section resting thereon. Thus, when the member is swung on its fulcrum pin'20 vto inoperative position, the main portion of the member 18 andthe rope portion resting thereon work Aoutwardly through the open-ing 9 in the upper wall 7 of the body 6 and raise the'rear end of the label 12 out of the body 6 to :partially remove the 'label 12 while at the same time releasing the. rope 14 to ypermit movement of thedevice longitudinally-of vthe rope 1&1 for opening of the mail bag.

As the construction of the device'has thus been described in detail, brief reference is The body 6 is provided at itsv ineens of the tlathandle end 21.

now had to its use and modus operandi After the rope 14 has been properly threaded through the body 6 and one portion or sec-- tion of the rope extended through the curved or turned portion of the rope gripping member 18, the device may be freely adjusted longitudinally of the rope 141 as long as the member 18 is in its raised or inoperative position. As soon as the member 18 is swung on its fulcrum pin 20 to operative position, however, rthe forward gripping Vend v19 thereof serves to firmly' grip both rope portions or sections and press them against the underface of the upper wall 7 of the body 6, thus firmly locking the device against movement on the rope 141. When in this condition the device will also lirmly hold the label 12 lplaced in the upper side ofthe body 6. W hen it is desired to open the mail bag, the `body`6 is held and the kmember 18 is ,swung outwardly oniits fulcrum pin 20 to inoperative position by ment of the member V18 .serves to releaseV the rope portions or sections to permit movement of the device longitudinally of the rope 111 and at the same time raises and forces outwardly the rear end of the. label 12- to partially remove the latter.

F rom the foregoing description, Aftalren in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be manifest that a mail bag fastener and label holder is provided that will fullill all the necessary requirementsfof such-a device, but V'as many changes'could be madein the above description and many apparently widely diliierent embodiments of my invention may be constructed within the sco-pe of the appended claims'without departing from the spiritor scope thereof, it is intended that all matters containedv in the saidaccompanying specification and drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative fand not in azlimited sense. Y. C f n Having thus described my Iinventiom'what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is'z'- 1. A mail bag `'fastener' and label holder including a body slidable on :rope sectionsy andv provided with 'a .label.accommodating pocket m one face; and a rope grippmgmember .fulcrumed 1n said vbodyand operating through said label accommodating pocket.

tion; said member operating through said label accommodating pocket to partially remove the label When said member is moved to its inoperative position.

3. A mail bag fastener and label holder including a body adjustable longitudinally on parallel rope sections; and a rope gripping memb r fulcrumed Within said body and operating through one Wall thereof When being moved to its operative and inoperative positions; said body holding a label with a portion of the latter extending over said member and in the path of movement thereof so that the label is partially removed by said member during movement of the latter from its operative position to its inoperative position.

,4. A mail bag fastener and label holder including a hollow rectangular body slidable on rope sections and provided in its upper side With a label accommodating pocket; said body having openings in the upper and lower Walls thereof adjacent one end of the body; and a rope gripping member fulcrumed in said body and having an angular-ly extended intermediate portion With an opening therethrough for one of the rope sections; said member having a rope section gripping end for co-operation With the inner face of the upper Wall of said body to grip said rope section when the said rope gripping member is in its operative position; said intermediate portion of the rope gripping member operating through the label accommodating pocket to raise and partly remove the label rom said pocket when said rope gripping member is operated through said label accommodating pocket when said rope gripping member is moved to its inoperative position.

5. A mailbag fastener and label holder including a hollow body of rectangular form adjustable longitudinally on parallel rope sections; said body having a label accommodating opening in one face; and a rope gripping member fulerumed in the centre of said body and having a short arm for pressing `the rope sections against the inner face of one Wall of said body to grip said rope see- 'tions when the said rope gripping member is in its operative position Within said body; said rope gripping member having an angular intermediate portion with a rope section passing therethrough and an outer end With dovvnturned flanges enga-ged over the end of said body when said rope gripping member is in its operative position; said intermediate portion of said rope gripping member ei;- tending through and operating in said label accommodating pocket of the body together With part of the main portion of said rope gripping member to raise an end of the label from Within said label accommodating pocket and partially remove the label as the said HARRY FRANKLIN ARMSTRONG. [n s.] 

